Even today, despite much of the old route being impassable ... so rose the demand for luxury goods, and Suzhou was soon China’s leading silk producer. The Silk Museum tells this story in ...

Weaving girls in ancient costumes demonstrate the old methods on the spot ... can see it made before your very eyes at the Suzhou Embroidery Museum, where workers illustrate their amazing skills ...

Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art ... from dark-red glazed pottery plates to contrast the rusty panelling on the old industrial site. Perched on the hills to the south of Chengdu, Dutch studio ...